Downtown musician & Jones bartender, Randy Gun, recalls the artist and Jones neighbor, Jean-Michele Basquiat, in this interview.

Basquiat gave Gun a book embellished with drawings and a dedication, “To Randy, for the best bartender in New York.”

Check out JGC Fine Art’s online exhibition, A GIFT FROM BASQUIAT Harry’s ABC of Mixing Cocktails, 1986 which shows drawings from the book and gives the context of that era, including this essay on the Great Jones Cafe.